Green Options » Florida Forever http://greenoptions.com/tag/florida-forever Posts tagged 'Florida Forever' Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Fighting for the Everglades, Florida Conservation http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/08/fighting-for-the-everglades-florida-conservation/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/08/fighting-for-the-everglades-florida-conservation/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:27:01 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/08/fighting-for-the-everglades-florida-conservation/ A white ibis flies over the Everglades’ “River of Grass.” (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.)Let’s just forget about restoring the Everglades, OK? And all those hundreds of thousands of acres of natural lands that Florida has acquired over the years under the conservation-aimed Florida Forever program? Who needs ‘em? Tourists mostly come to the state for that mouse in Orlando anyway, and if the locals want nature, they can plant some palms in their backyards, right?

If that’s not how you feel — and I certainly don’t — now’s the time to send a message to your elected officials in Florida asking them to reconsider what could certainly be described as the political equivalent of cutting off your nose to spite your face: a plan to address the state’s legitimately serious financial troubles by allotting zero dollars — that’s ZERO — for  the Florida Forever conservation program and Everglades restoration.

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